222385P.pdf   06/13/2023  United States  v.  Gregory McCoy
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  22-2385
                          and No:  22-2412
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Colloton, 
   Circuit Judge] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law and Sentencing. Challenge to the scientific 
   reliability of drug identification field tests rejected; photo of drug 
   pipe was properly admitted even if it was not referenced in police reports 
   or the inventory of items seized; evidence was sufficient to support 
   defendant's conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon as the .45 
   caliber handgun was a firearm for purposes of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 921(a)(3) and 
   922(g); the issue of whether the district court erred in applying an 
   obstruction-of-justice enhancement was moot as defendant's base offense 
   level was set by his status as an armed career criminal; no error in 
   imposing an enhancement under Guidelines Sec. 4B1.4(b)(3)(A) for 
   possession of the firearm in connection with a controlled substance 
   offense.